Faster than an idling SUV. More powerful than a taxi. Able to leap congested intersections in a single surge.

It's a bus! It's a train! It's bus rapid transit and it's coming to Chicago.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Tuesday pledged $153 million to create a bus-rapid-transit program in the city on four designated corridors.

The aim of the program is to reduce congestion and gridlock in Chicago. The city will use the funding to build 10 miles of what is anticipated to be 100 miles of bus rapid transit.

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